Die Schule: Emil-von-Behring-Gymnasium, Großhansdorf

The Emil-von-Behring Gymnasium is about 20 minutes North of Hamburg by car, 30/35 minutes by train. The small town of Großhansdorf, with its more than 5.000 inhabitants, can be considered like a dormitory suburb of Hamburg, in the Schleswig-Holstein Land, the Northernmost one in Germany.

The school is made of the Grundschule or Primary School, the Gymnasium or Secondary School and the Abitur for the students preparing their final Baccalaurete exams.

English, French and Spanish are the foreign languages that can be learnt in this school.

The classrooms are big and full of natural light, which can be kept out by automatic blinds switched on and off at will, something we are not used to and which we enjoyed a lot.

The school has got different yards for the eldest and the youngest students, for smokers and non-smokers. The school grounds are wide and offer lots of sports facilities. The school was spotlessly clean and tidy.

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